Solemn

Famous quotes containing the word solemn:

“Then thus I turn me from my country’s light,
To dwell in solemn shades of endless night.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“There are people who believe everything is sane and sensible that is done with a solemn face.”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)

“One does not jump, and spring, and shout hurrah! at hearing one has got a fortune, one begins to consider responsibilities, and to ponder business; on a base of steady satisfaction rise certain grave cares, and we contain ourselves, and brood over our bliss with a solemn brow.”
—Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855)